- 1 Charlotte Hornets vs Cleveland Cavaliers: five straight losses meet a 1-3 road record
- 2 Charlotte Hornets: 30th in offense and 19.8 turnovers a night
- 3 Cleveland Cavaliers: seventh in offense, 15th in defense and short on the road
- 4 Free NBA Prediction: Charlotte Hornets vs Cleveland Cavaliers
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Charlotte Hornets vs Cleveland Cavaliers: five straight losses meet a 1-3 road record 
Charlotte lost 114-104 in Brooklyn on Wednesday, its fifth straight defeat, and it had been favored by at least two points that night. The Hornets are 3-6 and 10th in the East, and they’ve scored 89, 79, 104, 91 and 104 across that run.
Cleveland comes to Spectrum Center on Monday 9 November at 7:00pm ET. The Cavaliers are 4-4 and sixth in the East, and they’ve lost two straight of their own, both to an Oklahoma City team missing three starters: 117-112 at home and 124-116 on the road.
This is the first meeting of the season. Cleveland won three of four last season, including both games in Charlotte, 94-87 on 21 January and 118-113 on 20 February, while the Hornets’ only win came 119-111 in overtime at Cleveland on 14 December.
Those results come from a different Charlotte roster. The Hornets traded LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges over the summer, and they went on to post a preseason offensive rating of 97.7, 29th in the league.
The schedule favors the home team by one day. Charlotte hosts Boston on Friday and then has two days off, while Cleveland plays Philadelphia on Friday and New York on Saturday, both at home, before traveling. No line had been posted at the time of writing.
Charlotte Hornets: 30th in offense and 19.8 turnovers a night 
Before Wednesday, Charlotte’s offensive rating was 101.9, last of 30 teams, and its net rating of minus-11.8 was 27th. The Hornets average 98.1 points and allow 109.2, which puts Charles Lee’s defense in the middle of the pack at 17th.
The shooting explains part of it. Charlotte had made .405 of its shots and .296 from three through eight games, and it was turning the ball over 19.8 times a night, a number that gives away possessions the offense can’t afford.
Brandon Miller leads at 23.5 points, with Naz Reid at 15.5 points and 8.3 rebounds, G. Allen at 14.9 and Dennis Schroder at 10.9 points and 4.9 assists. Diabate adds 9.1 points and a team-leading 9.5 rebounds.
Help has started to arrive. Coby White made his debut on 2 November, playing 16 minutes under a limit after a calf strain and scoring seven on 3-of-8 shooting, and Kon Knueppel appears to have made his season debut in Brooklyn after a hamstring problem. White carried an undisclosed tag on Thursday’s report, Knueppel was a game-time call on Wednesday, and G. Williams (hamstring) is listed until at least 9 November.
The heaviest defeats of the season came at home. Atlanta won 128-81 at Spectrum Center on 23 October, Detroit won 124-91 there on 2 November, and Charlotte is 2-3 in the building. It shot 29.7% and went 12-of-56 from three in the 95-79 loss in Washington.
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Cleveland Cavaliers: seventh in offense, 15th in defense and short on the road 
Kenny Atkinson’s team scores 119.3 points a game and allows 117.1. Through seven games its offensive rating was 117.0, seventh in the NBA, and the gap to Charlotte at that end was more than 15 points per 100 possessions.
Six players average double figures. Donovan Mitchell has 21.9 points and 5.4 assists, Evan Mobley 19.1 points and 8.0 rebounds, Harden 16.3 points and 6.3 assists, J. Allen 15.1 points and 8.7 rebounds, and Peyton Watson 10.8. Thomas has 14.0 from four games and scored 17 in his first start against the Thunder.
Mitchell had 17 points and 11 assists in that 117-112 loss, on a night when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 43. Cleveland’s lone road win is a 136-111 result in Milwaukee on 31 October, a game in which it won the second quarter 48-21 and led 72-46 at the half.
Road games have been the weak spot, with one win in four. The Cavaliers also lost 114-111 in Atlanta on 29 October, and Monday comes after two home games in two nights, including the Knicks at 8:00pm ET on Saturday.
The injury list needs checking closer to tip-off. J. Allen (knee) and Proctor (ankle) were game-time calls on Wednesday, Watson (hamstring) and Tyson (ankle) are listed until at least 6 November, and Tomlin (back) until at least 16 November.
Probable lineup Charlotte Hornets: Not announced at time of publication
Probable lineup Cleveland Cavaliers: Not announced at time of publication
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Our prediction: Cleveland Cavaliers to win
We’d take the offense ranked seventh against the one ranked 30th. Charlotte hasn’t scored more than 104 in any of its last five games, and Cleveland’s lowest total in its last five is 111. A team giving the ball away 19.8 times a night is also poorly placed to punish a tired opponent.
Cleveland’s 1-3 road record and its back-to-back on Friday and Saturday are the case for the Hornets, and two days of rest is a real edge. White and Knueppel could lift that offense as their minutes grow. We don’t think one week of recovery closes a 15-point gap in offensive rating.
J. Allen’s status is the item we’d check on Monday, since Charlotte’s frontcourt depends on Reid and Diabate. If the moneyline sits under our 1.45 floor, we’d move to the Cavaliers on the spread.
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